As a part of Welcome Week, Spanier spent most of each day with students new to campus, including assisting with move-in, eating lunch with students and spending two nights in a supplemental housing unit in Pinchot Hall as a guest roommate of the room's male residents. Penn State President Graham B. Spanier interviews a THON dancer for Penn State Universe, a show that will air on the Big Ten Network.Penn State President Graham Spanier gets help from the Nittany Lion as he cuts the ribbon to officially open the Alumni Walk outside the Hintz Family Alumni Center. Penn State President Graham Spanier gets help from the Nittany Lion as he cuts the ribbon to officially open the Alumni Walk outside the Hintz Family Alumni Center. Penn State President Graham B. Spanier took some ribbing from host Michael Feldman about all the hot topics at Penn State- the football team, his recent visit to the legislature in Harrisburg and the progress on the Arboretum, among other things.

I consider the Penn State presidency to be the single most attractive leadership position in American higher education. I am a person optimistic by nature, and what I see is the great opportunity to build upon the mission, the foundation, the traditions, and the success of the past. I believe in Penn State.

Graham Spanier